Chapter 248 - Heaven Yesterday, Hell Today (2/2)

When Ling Fei’s agent arrived at her house and saw her crying on the sofa, she drew the curtains immediately. She could not help but persuade Ling Fei as she tried to calm her down. “Xiao Fei, don’t torture yourself like this. You still have a chance to turn this around. Give me a chance to fight for you. We can still stand up and fight for our resources if you want to. Someone called me earlier today and insisted that you be featured on their magazine cover.”

“Most of my fans have already defected. They already declared that they are no longer my fans. Why are these people so heartless and how could they have a change of heart so easily? Don’t they love me at all?” Ling Fei asked as she pushed her agent away.

“Is this what it feels like to lose everything and hit rock bottom?”

“Xiao Fei, just calm down. Look at it this way. When foreign artistes make mistakes, don’t they always come back and earn more money in the same way? We will have a chance to make a comeback. You just have to listen to me and be willing to work harder from now onwards.”

“What kind of magazine do you want me to be featured on? Is it one of those magazines that only caters to lewd and disgusting men? I would rather not do it! I am a top and rising actress! I do not want to fall like this!”

The agent quickly poured a glass of cold water for Ling Fei when she saw how emotional she was. “Enough already! Ling Fei, please sober up already! Yes, your image and reputation have already been ruined, but look at it in a positive light. There are still people who are willing to work with you. You are in no position to put on airs now! Do you really want to wait and only regret it in the end when there is absolutely no one who wants to work with you anymore? You should learn from the way Jiang Yuning made her comeback!”

Ling Fei was speechless because she had a sudden realization.

Heaven yesterday, hell today.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi.

Today, a famous and rising actress was destined to fall. Of course, whatever news that X Society had already released was not sufficient to push Ling Fei into despair because there were endless methods that could be used to clean up an artiste’s reputation nowadays. In fact, no one knew when or how Ling Fei would eventually make a comeback.

However, for the time being and a long time to go, Ling Fei would not be as arrogant as she used to be and the number of resources that she could choose from would be greatly reduced. She might even be less popular and in a worse state than any new or third-rate artiste for quite some time before she climbs back up.

This would be the biggest torture and humiliation for someone as arrogant and proud as Ling Fei. It would be difficult for someone like her to have to learn how to hold her tongue and be humble in front of everyone else. This kind of humiliation that she would be facing was even worse than dying.

After the incident involving Ling Fei, the production team of were debating and contemplating if they should edit some parts out to avoid having to air any sections that would portray Ling Fei in them, as they were afraid that it would affect the ratings for the program. However, after much discussion, the production team finally decided not to cut anything. Anyway, Ling Fei’s performance and attitude were already not pleasant in the program.

Despite the incident involving Ling Fei, the rating of the episode of that was aired that same Friday night was not greatly affected.

The netizens had been busy criticizing and insulting Ling Fei from noon until seven thirty at night.

[My gosh. I have been busy being a keyboard warrior all day today. Now, it is finally time to watch Sister Yuning’s performance in !]

[I can’t believe that Jiang Yuning did not even complain or say anything when Ling Fei actually tried to snatch the role of the first female lead in from her. If it was me, I would have walked right up to her and gave her a tight slap across her face!]

[Is she mentally retarded or what? Didn’t she look down on before this? Now that Xiao Chennan is the first male lead, she wants to be a bootlicker and try to star in the drama instead?]

[Fortunately, the director of chose to stand by what he believes in, but I suddenly feel so bad for Sister Yuning.]

The netizens continued commenting as the program entered its commercial period. A short while later, the program began by zooming into a scene depicting Jiang Yuning’s team after they started a bonfire.

In the last episode, Jiang Yuning speculated that the map that the production team had given them was a fake map and they concluded that some other team would definitely be walking by the same location that they were at right now.

True enough, after waiting for approximately half an hour, Brother Zhuang and Qi Mo appeared from the desert after they saw the smoke from the bonfire. They were surprised to see Jiang Yuning and her teammates waiting by the bonfire.

Then, the two teams began their negotiations.

After negotiating, the two teams finally came to a consensus. Jiang Yuning’s team would give Qi Mo’s team half of their resources and supplies and in return, Qi Mo and Brother Zhuang would allow Jiang Yuning’s team to look at their map for ten minutes.